Tamer Hassan is an artist and filmmaker whose work considers the social and historical constructs that shape perception, engaging with the way others perceive their environment and material culture. His films are attempts to learn from those encounters and foreground the unexpected forms that arise through process. He draws from avant-garde and ethnographic filmmaking, using documentary conventions to produce a feeling of not knowing and to create space for an audience to participate in making meaning. Rather than describe his subjects, his films guide attention, alerting us to what may exceed our understanding.
His films have shown at festivals and venues worldwide including Viennale, Cinéma du Réel, Lincoln Center’s Art of the Real, Courtisane, and Punto de Vista, and he has exhibited in art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Lithium Gallery (Chicago), Mana Contemporary (Chicago), and Articule (Montréal). He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Parsons School of Design. He also works regularly as an editor on short and feature films, in both non-fiction and fiction.
e-mail: tamerhanyhassan@gmail.com
Instagram: @tamerhanyhassan
His films have shown at festivals and venues worldwide including Viennale, Cinéma du Réel, Lincoln Center’s Art of the Real, Courtisane, and Punto de Vista, and he has exhibited in art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Lithium Gallery (Chicago), Mana Contemporary (Chicago), and Articule (Montréal). He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Parsons School of Design. He also works regularly as an editor on short and feature films, in both non-fiction and fiction.
e-mail: tamerhanyhassan@gmail.com
Instagram: @tamerhanyhassan